Ticket-holder



(No Model.)

' O. W. WALTERS.

TICKET HOLDER.

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' N ITE ill CHARLES W. WALTERS, OF OGLETHORPE, GEORGIA.

TICKET-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 300,172, dated June 10,1884.

Application filed March 31, 1884. (No model.)

To a whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. WALTERS, acitizen of the United States,residing at Oglethorpe, in the county of Macon and State of Georgia,have invented a new and useful Ticket-Holder, of which the following isa specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to ticket-holders designed for use by travelers,whereby the ticket may be displayed at all times, so as to be plainlyvisible to the conductor or other person, and thus obviate theinconvenience of having to look for-the ticket; and it has for itsobject to provide, a device of this character which shall retain theticket to prevent its dropping from the holder, and one that may bereadily attached.

With these ends in view the invention con sists in the improvedconstructionand combinations of parts hereinafter fully described, andpointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a ticket-holder,showing the ticket therein. Fig. 2 is a transverse section. Fig. 3 is anend view, and Fig. 4 is a bottom view.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like letters refer tocorresponding parts in the several figures, A represents the casing orholder, which consists of the back B, having secured thereto a pin, 0,for its attachment to the clothing of the user.

I am aware that previous to my invention a ticket-case has been providedconsisting of an outer casing open at one end and having an opening onits upper side, a drawer fitting in said casing and having a slot in itsforward end wall for the passage of a ticket, said drawer being providedwith a false bottom, and a spring bearing against the under side of thesame. My device diifers from this construction, in that it consistssimply of a casing having a slot in its end wall and an opening in itsupper side, and a plate sliding vertically in said casing, being held inclose contact with the under portion of the upper side thereof by meansof a flat spring bearing against the under side of said plate, thusobviating the use and needless expense of an inner casing or drawer. p

D represents the ends, which are secured to the back or base. B, andhaving their ends turned inwardly to form guides for the retention ofthe ticket when inserted between said guides and the back or base B, oneof said ends being provided with an opening for the passage of theticket. Between the guides formed by the inturned sides and ends and thebase B is a plate, E, between the under side of which and-the base B issecured aspring, F, by which means the said plate is securely held inclose contact with said guides, and in this manner prevent the ticketfrom dropping out or becoming disengaged from the holder.

In the operation of my invention the ticket is inserted between theplate E and the guides of the sides and ends D, and is slid therein.where it is held by means of said springpressed plate E. When it isnecessary to remove the ticket, the spring-pressed plate is depressed,and at the same movement the ticket withdrawn or slid out.

It will be seen from the above description the conductor, and in thismanner the disturbance and annoyance to the passenger while reading, or,as is often the case, while sleeping, is obviated.

It will also be seen that my improvement is simple, may be manufacturedand supplied at a slight cost, and that it affords efiicient means forthe purpose for which it is designed.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is 1 The combination, with a casing, A, havingan opening in its upper side, and a slot, E, in one of its ends, of aplate located in said casing, a fiat spring-interposed between saidplate and the bottom of the casing, and a catch and pin secured to theback of said casing, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES W. WALTERS.

WVitnesses:

S. A. BUGAR, B. L. GREEK.

